lbm19910806I Present: Board members K. Ch;:is.lenson, J. r411ndro. J. Hoberson, J. Wolf, N. :Berken, 11. Cnrtei?, K. Leichll'uss, 11. SarlderS, and Director
IIolly Sanhuber.
Meeting was called to order at 7:30 by President Christenson.
Agenda was approved on motiox .J. WolT, second D. Carter. Minutes
01 the July 2, 1991 Ifleetine were approved on motion 1). Carter,
second J. vdoll'. Next meetin!: scheduled September 3, ,991.
Treasurer's report: Motion cJ. Nolf, second J. Hoberson to approve
July expenditures in %io= of 523.776.62. Motion carried. Motion
,J. b!ol~€. second J. Itoberson lo aDurove WFLSTund exuenditures In -
mount nf $4,423.08 for the month~of July. .ivlotion karrietl.
Communications:
1. Bob I?,unmer contacted Ho.lL;q that he could not attend this meeting
due to conflict, but wil.1 represent the school district during
2. Notice Irorn kCll'LS regardhg Iuture trustee breakfast meetings,
his appointment as acting superintendent.
a.nd offer of hatlhy Gosz t,~ speak at any meeting. Motion R. Leicht-
l'uss, :?econd J. Wol.1' Iio.l.l,y ex-tend invitation to Kathy Gosz to
3. Thank you .t'rotn llol.L,y IOL- tlonxlions to the trust win memory
come and sllenlc ?L a meeting o1 her convenience. .Notion carried.
ol' her mo thm-.
Guest comments: none
Old Business:
at City lIall--Sister Carlyn.
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Friends of the Library: Program scheduled November 12, 7:30 p.m.
Trust Fund: .$.I30 recei.ved this mon~th in memorial donations.
Librarian's report: read and p.lnced on file. (copy attached)
board meeting he1.d in Muskego August 5. Plajor concern is the problem
Interlibrary cooperation: 11. Christenson reported on the system
of equitable reimbursement lor crossover borrowing. Negotiations
will beein soon for contracts with adjacent systems. Joint trustee
break.Cast meeting i:; scheduled fQr October 5, Waukesha Public Library,
at U:?O a.m. 11 person has been hired to coordinate the Home Bound
L'r,ograr.
Materials have been ordered for bar codes. Sample of the new library card was circulated.
New Business:
Patron H pay the diflerence-men the b9 .Cines and the $19.08
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Automation: ilolly advised "starting to move and be exciting."
liesolve fine disputes: P,o-tion ti. ljerken, second D. Carter
AUGUST 6, 1991
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New Business (cont.):
The 1992 budget was discussed. It was determined to request
overtime budget fund to cover emergencies, and $3,000 increase in
print nlaterin.ls due to increased cost 01' books. Final version
will be mailed before the nex-; meeting.
Discussion 01 I;ICFLS Lont;-range plan pp. 28-29 was deferred to
the September nleeting. Leader will be li. Leichtfuss.
I.:eeting adjourned at 9:2cJ on motion o€ N, Tlerken, second J. Hoberson.
approved :
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LIE,RARIAN'S REPORT
August 6, 1991
Although circulation was 12,500, some of the other
continue to be busy, though, especially on days when a
statistics (see below) were a bit lower than last year. We
program is scheduled, and we feel that some of the slowdown
is due to the fact that we did not promote the summer
year before.
reading program in the schools as aggressively as we had the
Programs this month included "Pizza Day" and an appearance
by folksinger David Drake. Attendance numbered eighty and
one hundred fifty, respectively. The summer reading program
runs until Labor Day, but programming is over, to give Penny
an opportunity to work on the reading readiness grant.
Barb Bergin's exciting elephant display has given way to our
own Thelma Anderson's mellow photographs of rustic area
barns.
Linda went to an automation meeting at Delafield, and Cindy
and Phyllis attended a reference workshop held at Waukesha.
We hosted the August WCFLS Board meeting yesterday.
Some comparative statistics:
JULY 1990 1991
Shelving 14, 150 14,271
Traffic 6,163 4,710
Daily 246 188
Questions 2,026 1,385